... practices can be risk factors for foodborne illness. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the communication of food safety guidance, specifically safe endpoint temperatures and cross-contamination risk reduction practices, in popular cookbook recipes. Design/methodology/approach Recipes containing...

... in five areas of Tehran, Iran. Visual inspection and temperature evaluation of the households’ refrigerators were done. In addition, the refrigerators were swabbed and analyzed for contaminants using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. DNA was isolated and purified by the proposed standard protocol...

...Verena Raab; Brigitte Petersen; Judith Kreyenschmidt Purpose An optimal temperature monitoring is a prerequisite for cold chain management and thus for the production and supply of high quality and safe products as well as for the reduction of waste and economic losses. The aim of this paper...

...S.E. Gilbert; R. Whyte; G. Bayne; R.J. Lake; P. van der Logt Purpose To collate data on internal temperatures of domestic refrigerators in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 127 domestic refrigerators in urban and rural locations in New Zealand was carried out during 2004...